Day October 4, 2017
Harveer Dabas| TNN | Bijnor: A 36-year-old woman who had filed a complaint in court against a local BJP leader for attempting to rape her was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday. The woman, living alone with her five kids after… Continue Reading →
A video showed a BJP MP saying Chhattisgarh girls are becoming “tan-a-tan”, triggering outrage on social media websites. HT Correspondent Hindustan Times, New Delhi BJP MP Bansilal Mahto said Chhattisgarh women were becoming ‘tan-a-tan’. (ANI Photo) A video circulating online showed a… Continue Reading →
Hasmukh Patel, a BJP councillor in Vadodara, was tied to a tree and thrashed by a group of residents of Bapod area on Tuesday.Around 118 families living near Bapod lake were displaced in a demolition drive in May and given… Continue Reading →
Brendan Dabhi | No moustache, no sunglasses, no watching garba… next is what?In less than 10 days, at least six attacks have taken place on Dalits from across the State. In a fresh attack on Tuesday, a Dalit teen from… Continue Reading →
Local Congress leaders who backed the agitation say they will approach the human rights commission Anupam Pateriya Hindustan Times, Bhopal/Sagar Farmers who were made to take off their clothes, at a police station in Tikamgarh.(HT photo) Police in a Madhya… Continue Reading →
Why I will not be celebrating Diwali this year: something broke when I heard of the attack on Junaid
Nandini Sundar As a child, the two most important events in my calendar were my birthday and Diwali. Weeks before Diwali my mother would go to the Blind School fair and buy candles. My sister and i would both get… Continue Reading →
Sangh Parivar’s view of nationhood, citizenship and entitlements is based on narrow definitions of faith, and the purveying of fear. by Teesta Setalvad | It’s a worldview that is at odds with the modernity and republicanism crafted in the Constitution. A fundamental… Continue Reading →